CONCEAL - verbs• ABSCONCE†* to hide, to conceal ...1572• ABSCOND † to hide away; to conceal anything ...1612 obs. or arch.• BEHELE† to conceal, to cover, to envelop ...c1000• BEHIDE† to hide away, to conceal ...c1000• CHUCK to put away; to conceal ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.• DARKLE to lie in the dark; to conceal oneself ...1864• DEACON to arrange so as to present a specious and attractive appearance; to present the best and largest specimens (of fruit or vegetables) to view and conceal the defective ones ...1855 US sl.• DERN to conceal, to hide ...1817 Sc.• FEAL to hide, to conceal ...c1325 N. Eng. dial.• HAP to hide, to conceal, to cover away; to hide oneself ...1847 Sc. & Eng. dial.• HEAL to hide, to conceal; to keep secret ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.• HOLE UP to conceal ...1875 sl.• IMBOSK† to hide or conceal oneself ...1562• LAIN † to conceal, to hide; to be silent about, to disguise a fact ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.• MITHE† to conceal, dissemble (as feelings, etc.) ...c888• OBSCURE† to conceal, to hide ...1721 Sc.• OPPRESS† to suppress, to keep out of sight, to conceal ...1538• PALLIATE† to hide, to conceal, to disguise ...1598• PUT ONE'S THUMB ON IT to keep secret, to conceal; to remain silent ...1905 Sc.• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.• SHADE to hide, to conceal ...1980s US Black sl.• SILE to cover, to hide, to conceal ...c1480 obs., chiefly Sc.• SKIM to conceal or divert some of one's earnings or takings, esp. from gambling, to avoid paying tax on them ...1966 US sl.• SNOOKER to conceal something or someone ...1950 Aust. sl.• STASH to conceal ...1797 sl., orig. criminals' usage• TAPIS to hide, to conceal ...a1660 arch.• VAULT to conceal in a safe place; used chiefly in reference to money or valuables ...1933 Amer. dial.• WALK TO JERICHOto go into hiding; to conceal oneself ...B1900

CONCEITED - verbs• FANCY ONESELF to have a good opinion of oneself; to be conceited ...L19 sl.• GAINTER † to use conceited airs and gestures ...1825 Sc.• HAVE TICKETS ON ONESELF to be conceited ...1918 Aust. sl.• NANTLE to hold oneself erect; to go about in a mincing, conceited, affected fashion ...1841 Eng. dial.• NAUNTLE to hold oneself erect; to go about in a mincing, conceited, affected fashion ...1841 Eng. dial.• PUT BEYOND ONESELF to render conceited ...1848 Ireland• THINK ONE'S SHIT DOESN'T STINK to be very conceited; to be stuck up and self-impressed ...1940s Amer. sl.

CONCEIVE - verbs• BETHINK to think of, to imagine, to conceive ...c1175• FANTASTICATE† to conceive or represent in the fancy; to fancy ...1600• IDEATE to form the idea of; to construct an idea; to imagine, to conceive ...1610• ONFANG† to take with the mind; to conceive or understand in a particular way ...c1200

CONCERNED - verbs• CARE A FRIG to care, to be concerned; usually in a negative context ...1955 UK sl.• GET ONE'S ASS IN AN UPROAR to become severely agitated or concerned; used derisively ...1952 Amer. sl.• GIVE A FRIG to care, to be concerned; usually in a negative context ...1955 UK sl.

CONCILIATORY - verbs• GIVE THE SALVE to talk in a conciliatory, soothing manner ...M19 US sl.• SHOOT THE SALVE to talk in a conciliatory, soothing manner ...M19 US sl.• SPREAD THE SALVE to talk in a conciliatory, soothing manner ...M19 US sl.

CONCLUDE, CONCLUSION - verbs• CONNECT THE DOTS to draw a conclusion from disparate facts ...Amer. sl.• DRIVE THE NAIL TO THE HEAD to push a matter to a conclusion ...1560• FAGGOT to suppose, to conclude ...1893 Eng. dial.• GO THE GUNTZ to go the whole way ...20C sl.• PARCLOSE † to bring to a close, to close, to conclude ...1610• PERCLOSE † to bring to a close, to close, to conclude ...1610• PIN THE BASKET† to conclude or settle a matter ...a1659• SACK IT UP to terminate, to bring to a conclusion ...1970s US Black sl.• SETTLE DOWN to decide, to conclude ...1851 Amer. dial.• TAKE UP† to infer, to deduce, to conclude ...1662• TOP UP to end up, to conclude ...M19 sl.

CONCLUDED - verbs• CALL IT GEORGE to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day's work ...20C W. Indies sl.• CALL IT WALLY to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day's work ...20C W. Indies sl.

CONCLUSION - nouns• DEDUCEMENT † a deduction, inference, conclusion ...1605• FINISHMENT an end, conclusion ...1872 Amer. dial.• GATHERING † a conclusion or inference ...1552• HEEL the concluding part of anything, as a period of time, a book, etc. ...L16• ILLATION the act of inferring or drawing a conclusion from premises; hence, that which is inferred; and inference, deduction or conclusion ...1533• LAST END, THE the conclusion, finish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.• OFFCOME† a conclusion, finish of an argument ...1653• PARCLOSE † close, conclusion, esp. of a sentence, discourse, or writing ...a1300• PERCLOSE † close, conclusion, esp. of a sentence, discourse, or writing ...a1300• QUANKER something that brings things to a conclusion, a settler ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• SUM † the upshot, issue, conclusion ...c1385• WANING † decline of life; concluding part of a day, or period of time ...1561• WRAP-UP a completion; a final treatment, a summary; the end, the conclusion ...1950s Amer. sl.

CONCLUSION - phrases• QUICK THINKING, BATMAN used for a humorous, if sarcastic, response to another's observation or conclusion ...1968 US sl.

CONCOCT - verbs• COOK UP to concoct, to contrive, often dishonestly ...colloq.• DECOCT †* to prepare, to devise, to concoct ...1602• FABULATE to invent, concoct, fabricate ...1856• FABULIZE† to concoct, to invent ...1633• FAKE to concoct or devise, esp. for a deceptive purpose ...1889 sl.• FAKE UP to concoct or devise, esp. for a deceptive purpose ...1889 sl.

CONCUBINE - adjectives• POLLED-UP living with a mistress or concubine ...L19 Brit. sl.

CONCUBINE - nouns, person• BEDFELLOW† a husband or wife; a spouse; a concubine ...1490• BEE-BEE a Hindu concubine ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.• BELLY-PIECE† a concubine, a mistress, a prostitute, a whore ...1632• HAFFAND a concubine, a paramour ...1914 Sc.• KITTOCKa familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character; a wanton, an unchaste woman; a mistress, a concubine ...c1470 Sc.• LEFT-HANDED WIFE a concubine; the equivalent of a common-law wife ...M17• LIE-BY† a concubine, a mistress ...a1656 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.• LOTEBY† a companion of love; a lover, a paramour; a bedfellow, a concubine ...1303• NIECE a priest's illegitimate daughter, or concubine ...1848 sl.• ODALISQUE a female slave or concubine in an Eastern harem, esp. in the seraglio of the Sultan of Turkey ...1681• QUEAN † a mistress, a paramour, a concubine ...1931 Sc.• SKIBBY an Oriental concubine or mistress; an Oriental prostitute; thus, when addressing a Japanese speaker, any prostitute ...1910s US sl.• SULTANA a mistress, a concubine ...1702• SULTANA QUEEN the favourite concubine of a sultan; hence, a favourite mistress ...1668• TALLY-WOMAN a married man's mistress; a concubine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• WIFE a mistress or concubine ...19C sl.• WOMAN a prostitute or concubine ...17C

CONCUBINE - nouns, person, other• CUNT-PENSIONER a kept man; a pimp; a man living on a woman's harlotry or concubinage ...19C colloq.

CONCUR - verbs• ACQUIESCATE†* to acquiesce; to agree tacitly to; to concur in; to accept the conclusions or arrangements of others ...a1586• ACQUIESCE to agree, esp. tacitly; to concur in; to raise no objections to ...E17• CONDOG† to agree, to concur ...1492

CONDEMN - verbs• CAST† to condemn ...1567• DAMN to condemn a person or thing as without value; to judge someone or something as worthless ...20C colloq.• DAMP † to condemn ...1728 Sc.• DECRY 1. to denounce, to condemn, to suppress, or to depreciate by proclamation; to reduce the value of money ...16172. to cry out against; to disparage or condemn openly; to attack the credit or reputation of; to depreciate ...1641• DEEM † 1. to sentence, to doom, to condemn to some penalty ...a1000† 2. to pass judgement upon; to condemn, to censure ...a1300

CONDIMENT - nouns• AGREEMENTS condiments and the like - salt, pepper, sugar, cream, etc.; the accessories of the table ...c1900 Sc.• SAUCER† a receptacle, usually of metal, for holding the condiments at a meal; a dish or deep plate in which salt or sauces were placed upon the table ...a1300

CONDITION - adjectives• ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition ...1882 Amer. dial.• ALL WOOL AND NO SHODDY of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition ...1946 Amer. dial.• CHERRY virginal; new; in good condition; as good as new, said of merchandise, esp. used or secondhand merchandise ...20C Amer. sl.• FAIR-LIKE †* in good-condition; well-looking ...1662• FINE AS A FROG'S HAIR in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• FINE AS A FROG'S HAIR SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• FINE AS SILK in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• FIT AS A FROG'S HAIR in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• FIT AS A FROG'S HAIR SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• HARD AS NAILS in good condition ...1891 colloq.• HITTING ON ALL FOUR in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• HITTING ON ALL SIX in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• HODDY in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful ...1664 Eng. dial.• HUNKY in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• ILL-LIKING† in bad condition ...1648• IN COMMISSION in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN FINE FIG in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN FINE WHACK in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN FORM in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN FULL FEATHER in good condition, in fine fettle, in high spirits ...1855 Amer. dial.• IN GOOD CASE in good condition ...1640-1 arch.• IN GOOD FORM in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN GOOD SHAPE in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN GOOD TRIM in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN HIGH FEATHER in good condition, in fine fettle, in high spirits ...1865 Amer. dial.• IN HIGH GEAR in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN KELTER in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN KILTER in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN MINT CONDITION in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN POOR REED in a poor state or condition ...1846 Eng. dial.• IN RAZOR SHAPE in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN SHAPE in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN TRIM in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• IN WHACK in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• JAM UP in the very best condition ...1966 Amer. dial.• MARCHANTABLE fit for sale, in good condition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• OFF SONG not working well, in bad condition ...L19 sl.• OUT OF CASE† in poor condition ...1674• QUART† healthy; in good condition; whole and sound ...a1300• QUERT† healthy; in good condition; whole and sound ...a1300• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US sl.• RAZOR SHARP in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• RIGHT in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• RIGHT SIDE UP in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• SHELLY inferior, of low grade, in poor condition ...1935 Amer. dial.• SOUND AS A WHISTLE in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• SUFFICIENT† of things: of adequate quality; of a good standard; in good condition ...1473• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.• THRIFTY thriving, flourishing, in good condition or health ...1811 Eng. dial.• THRODDEN fat, well-grown, in good condition, well-fed ...1783 Eng. dial.• THRODDY plump, well-grown, in good condition, sleek; dumpy ...1740 Eng. dial.• UP TO DICK in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• UP TO SAMPLE in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• UP TO SCRATCH. in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• UP TO SNUFF in order; in good condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.• WISHY-WASHY in poor condition ...1993 Trinidad and Tobago

CONDUCT (lead) - verbs• ORDAIN † to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct ...c1300 exc.• TOTE to lead an animal; to take or conduct a person, esp. by authority or force ...1837 Amer. dial.

CONDUCTOR - nouns, person• MANUDUCTOR† the conductor of a band or choir ...1785

CONDUIT - nouns• SINK* a conduit, drain, or pipe for carrying away dirty water or sewage; an opening especially made for this purpose; a sewer ...1499

CONFER - verbs• IMPARL† to speak together or with another upon a matter; to confer, to consult, to parley ...1579-80• PALAVER to confer, to consult ...1877• PARLIAMENT to parley, to treat, to confer; to talk for the sake of talking ...1610 Sc. & Eng. dial.

CONFERENCE - nouns• CHINFEST a period of much talking or complaining; a conference ...1940 Amer. sl.• CONFABULATIONa conference ...1845 humorous• EMPARLEMENT†* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1450-80• EMPARLING† conference, parleying ...1450-80• GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip ...1897 sl., orig. US• GAB SESSION a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation ...L19 sl., orig. US• GAMMON AND PATTER † a meeting; a conference ...1889 UK sl.• IMPARLANCE† the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1579-80• IMPARLEE †* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1565• IMPARLEMENT†* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1450-80• IMPARLING† conference, parleying ...1450-80• JABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation ...L19 sl., orig. US• PALAVER a conference ...1735• PARWHOBBLE† a parley or conference between two or three persons ...1777 Eng. dial.

CONFERENCE - verbs• MAKE MEDICINE to have a discussion and come to agreement; to hold a conference ...1903 Amer. dial.

CONFESS - verbs• ACKNOW† to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess ...c1000• ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN to confess, to make an admission, as to an accusation, failure, etc. ...1846• AKNOW† to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess ...c1000• BAWL to confess ...20C UK Black sl.• CACKLE to confess and/or to inform on others; to reveal secrets through indiscreet talk; to blab ...1698 US & UK criminals' sl.• CANARY of a criminal: to confess; to turn state's evidence ...1930s US sl.• CRAKEto divulge, to confess ...19C Eng. dial.• GIVE DOWN to admit; to confess ...1917 Amer. dial.• KEN† to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975• OWN UP to admit truth or responsibility; to confess ...1853 colloq.• POP OFF to confess, to tell the truth ...1920s sl.• POP OFF AT THE MOUTH to confess, to tell the truth ...1920s sl.• PUT ONE'S HANDS UP to surrender; to give in; to confess ...1970s Brit. police & criminals' sl.• RECKON ONE'S REAM PENNIES to confess one's faults ...Bk1903 sl.• SIGN UP to make a written confession ...1970s Aust. criminals' sl.• SNEEZE OUT to confess ...1996 UK sl.• SPEW to speak, esp. to confess ...L18 sl.• SPEW ONE'S GUTS to confess or inform• SPILL ONE'S GUTS to divulge or confess as much as one can ...1927 sl., chiefly US• VERBAL to confess under interrogation ...1960s criminals' sl.• VERBALUP to fake a confession of criminal guilt ...1973 UK sl.• YATE† to acknowledge, to confess ...c1200• YIELD to admit; to confess ...1835 Sc.

CONFIDENCE - adverbs• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND JACK MUM secretly, in confidence ...20C Irish sl.• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE BED-POST told in confidence ...1830 sl.• BETWIXT YOU AND ME AND THE GATE between ourselves ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.

CONFIDENCE - verbs• BASH† to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.• BETRUST† to trust, to place confidence in a person ...c1440• DIFFIDE* to want faith or confidence; to have or feel distrust ...1532• FALL APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings; to lose one's usual poise and confidence ...1930s sl.• SWEAR BY to have full confidence in something ...c1815 sl.

CONFIDENCE - interjections• NO WORRIES! an expression of confidence that everything will go well ...Aust. sl.• NO WUCKERS an expression of confidence that all will go well ...Aust. sl.• NO WUCKING FURRIES an expression of confidence that all will go well ...Aust. sl.• NO WUCKSphr. an expression of confidence that all will go well ...Aust. sl.

CONFIDENCE - phrases• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE BED-POST in all confidence or secrecy ...1830

CONFIDENCE GAME, TRICK - adjectives (also see SWINDLE)• AGAINST THE WALL said of a confidence swindle which is perpetrated without a fake office, extras, props, etc. ...1940 US sl.• SCAMMED subjected to a confidence trick ...1990s sl.

CONFIDENCE GAME, TRICK - nouns • ABRAHAM SUIT working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time ...19C sl.• ABRAHAM WORK any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick ...L19• ABRAM SUIT working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time ...19C sl.• ABRAM WORK any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick ...L19 sl.• BANCO a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick ...1876 US sl.• BUNCO a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick ...1876 US sl.• BUNKO a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick ...1876 US sl.• BUST-OUT the high point of a confidence game, when the swindle occurs ...1958 US criminals' sl.• CAP the act of ensnaring a victim into a confidence game ...L19 US criminals' sl.• CONVINCER the stage in a confidence swindle when the victim is fully committed to the scheme ...1940 US sl.• COP the money that confidence men allow a victim to win ...1940s US criminals' sl.• CUT-IN the initial contact with the intended victim in a confidence swindle ...1977 US sl.• FAKUS deceptive acts that contribute to a confidence trick ...1960s sl.• GAFF the place in which a confidence trick is carried out, such as a fake bookmaker's or stockbroker's office ...1940s US criminals' sl.• GAGGING a form of confidence trick, based on persuading a stranger that one is an old, if forgotten, friend ...E19 UK criminals' sl.• GAMBLING † money-dropping ...1738 UK sl.• GAME an attempt to con ...1975 US sl.• GAMING playing a confidence trick or otherwise manipulating another ...L19 US Black sl.• JACK-OFF a hoax, a confidence trick ...1930s US sl.• KILLING FLOOR a place where victims are robbed and/orcheated by a confidence trickster ...1960s US Black sl.• LEMON a type of confidence trick which involves defrauding a gullible player in a game of pool ...1908 US sl.• LEMON-GAME a type of confidence trick which involves defrauding a gullible player in a game of pool ...1908 US sl.• LONG CON any confidence trick or cheat that is carefully planned for perfect execution ...1930s sl., orig. US criminals' usage• MACE a swindle, usually involving fraudulent offers of credit; confidence tricks; robbery by fraud ...1742 sl.• MAG, THE confidence trickery, swindling ...L19 UK criminals' sl.• MAGGING confidence trickery, swindling ...M19 sl.• MICHIGAN a confidence trick ...1910s US criminals' sl.• MURPHY a type of confidence trick in which the victim is duped by unfulfilled promises of money, sex, etc. ...1959 US sl.• MURPHY GAME a type of confidence trick in which the victim is duped by unfulfilled promises of money, sex, etc. ...1959 US sl.• MUSH a short-con game played at a ball park where a confidence trickster poses as a bookmaker, taking bets, then raises an umbrella and disappears into the area where everybody is holding umbrellas ...1940s US criminals' sl.• OKEY-DOKE a swindle, trick or deception; a confidence trick ...1967 sl., esp. Black usage• PADDING confidence trickery; swindling ...L17 sl.• PANEL GAME a form of confidence trick involving the passing of counterfeit money ...L19 sl.• PANEL TRICK a form of confidence trick involving the passing of counterfeit money ...L19 sl.• PAY-OFF a type of confidence trick in which the victim loses a large sum of money trying to follow the apparent good luck of the trickster ...1915 sl.• PIGEON-DROP a confidence trick, esp. one which starts with a wallet dropped in front of the victim or 'pigeon' ...1937 US sl.• QUEER a hoax, a confidence trick ...M18 sl.• RAG a confidence game based on stocks and shares ...1940s US criminals' sl.• RAG STORE a big con swindle in which the lure is the promise of wealth from stocks traded based on allegedly inside information ...1969 US sl.• RAMPS a faked-up argument or similar commotion intended to disguise a swindle or confidence trick ...1910s sl.• SAMFIE a confidence trick ...20C W. Indies sl.• SANDBAG a confidence trick ...1900s US sl.• SAWDUST GAME a confidence trick based on the passing of bad banknotes ...L19 US sl.• SCAM a con-trick, swindle or racket, often specifically a fraudulent bankruptcy ...1963 sl., orig. US• SCAMMING practicing confidence tricks and similar schemes ...1970s sl.• SHORT CON a small-scale confidence racket ...1932 US sl.• SKANK a confidence trick; a fraudulent scheme ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.• SPOOF a hoax, a confidence trick ...L19 sl.• TALE a specific con where someone is persuaded to pay the con-man, who is posing as a bookmaker, for a lost bet that he did not ask to be made ...1940s UK criminals' sl.• TAKE GAME a confidence trick ...1940s US criminals' sl.• TRACTION in confidence games: an amount of money used to begin an increasingly larger series of swindles ...1997 US sl.• TWEEDLE a swindle or confidence trick, esp. one involving counterfeit goods (originally a ring) ...1925 sl.• VERSING LAW confidence tricks that focus on the use of counterfeit gold to entrap the victim ...16C UK criminals' sl.• WALKAWAY the final step in a confidence swindle, in which the swindlers walk away with the victim's money ...1981 US sl.

CONFIDENCE GAME, TRICK - verbs• BACK AND FILL to charm a potential victim before subjecting them to a confidence trick ...20C sl.• COME HOT in a confidence swindle: to complete the swindle which the victim immediately understands to have been a swindle ...1985 US sl.• COP of a confidence man: to win money from a victim ...1940s US criminals' sl.• COP A FINAL to get rid of someone who has been used temporarily to help work a confidence trick on a victim ...1940s US Black sl.• JEFF to lie; to work a confidence trick; to fool a victim ...1960s US criminals' sl.• JOSTLE to engage in petty confidence games ...a1890 US criminal sl.• KIDDY to hoax, to humbug, to subject to confidence trickery ...M19 sl.• MURPHY to deceive or dupe someone by means of the Murphy game ...1965 US sl.• QUALIFY of a confidence trickster: to assess the potential of a possible victim ...1970s US criminals' sl.• RAM to work as a confidence trickster's accomplice ...1950s Aust. sl.• SHILL to pose as an enthusiastic or successful customer to encourage other buyers, gamblers, etc. ...1914 chiefly Amer.• SKANK to work a confidence trick; to operate a fraud; to work behind someone's back ...2000 UK sl.• TAKE A TUMBLE to 'fall for' a confidence trick ...1900s US criminals' sl.• TWEEDLE to swindle people or play confidence tricks ...1925 sl.

CONFIDENCE TRICKSTER - nouns, person• ACTOR anyone out to deceive or to project a phony image; a con-man or liar ...1940s US sl.• ALIAS MAN a confidence swindler ...1961 Jamaica sl.• BAIT an attractive man or woman used to lure a victim into a con-game or a mugging ...20C sl.• BLUFF ARTIST an insincere person; a confidence trickster ...1930s sl.• CAPPER in a confidence swindle: a person who lures the victim into the swindle ...1753 US sl.• CON a confidence trickster ...1897 orig. US• CON ARTIST a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.• CON MAN a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.• CON-PLAYER. a confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US• CON-WOMAN a female confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US• DUDDER a swindler; a con artist ...1988 Aust. sl.• EXCESS BAGGAGE a second-rate confidence man ...1940s US criminals' sl.• FAKE a thief; a swindler; a charlatan; a confidence trickster ...1881 Amer. sl.• FAKE-MAN a confidence trickster ...1900s Aust. sl.• FAKER a confidence trickster; a fraudster ...M19 sl.• FALCONER a confidence trickster; one who poses as a poor scholar and thus persuades his victims to put up money in order to back the printing of some spurious learned pamphlet ...17C UK criminals' sl.• FANNY MOB confidence tricksters ...1970s UK criminals' sl.• FAST-TALKER a confidence trickster ...1930s sl.• GAGGER a confidence trickster, a cheat, esp. when telling 'sob stories' or posing as a deaf mute; a charlatan, a fraudster ...1781 sl.• GAMBLER a confidence trickster who drops a supposedly valuable object, as a ring, wallet, etc., and rather than claim it for himself, persuades a passerby to buy it from him ...1735 UK sl.• GAMER a pimp; a confidence trickster; one who lives by their wits; a person engaged in swindles and hustles as a way of life ...1975 sl.• GAMMONING COVE † a swindler; a confidence trickster ...1828 UK criminals' sl.• GRAND RASCAL a scoundrel; a cheat, a confidence man ...1929 Amer. dial.• GUY a person who acts as a decoy in a confidence game; also, a petty swindler ...1850 Amer. criminals' sl.• INSIDE MAN someone involved in any of various special roles in a confidence trick or robbery ...1935 US sl.• JACK IN A BOX a street peddler, usually one who doubles as a confidence trickster ...L17 UK criminals' sl.• JACK IN THE BOX a street peddler, usually one who doubles as a confidence trickster ...L17 UK criminals' sl.• JEFF ARTIST a liar; a confidence trickster ...1960s US sl.• JEREMY DIDDLER a cheat; a confidence trickster; a shabby swindling borrower ...1803 sl.• LAMPER a confidence trickster ...1950s W. Indies sl.• LURKMAN a confidence trickster, a petty criminal ...M19 Aust. sl.• MACE a polished practitioner of the 'mace'; a confidence trickster ...1781 sl.• MACE-COVE a confidence trickster; a swindler ...1823 sl.• MACE-GLOAK a confidence trickster; a swindler ...1812 sl.• MACEMAN a confidence trickster; a swindler ...1859 sl.• MAGSMAN a street swindler; a confidence man ...1838 sl.• MONGREL an accomplice who helps in a confidence trickster's pose as a poor scholar ...16C UK criminals' sl.• MONTE-MAN a confidence trickster ...1900s Aust. sl.• NEEDLE a confidence trickster ...L18 sl.• NICKER a thief, a cheat, a confidence trickster ...L17 sl.• NKALAFAKER a person who is not so much to be admired as was originally thought; a confidence trickster ...2003 S. Africa teen sl.• OAK † in a team of confidence tricksters: the one who keeps a watch ...1591 UK criminals' sl.• OIL MERCHANT a confidence man, a clever swindler ...1942-49 Amer. sl.• OKE in a team of confidence tricksters: the one who keeps a watch ...L16 UK criminals' sl.• OUTSIDE MAN that member of a confidence trick team who locates a potential victim, lures him deeper into the hoax, and helps to fleece him; the 'steerer' for a brothel ...M19 sl., orig. US• PIGEON-DROPPER a confidence trickster who uses the 'pigeon-drop' (see 'confidence trick') ...1961 US sl.• QUEER PLUNGER a confidence trickster who plunges into water and is saved from 'drowning' ...L18 sl.• RAG MOB a team of confidence man working 'the rag', a trick based on persuading the victim that they can profit form a fixed stock swindle ...1960s US criminals' sl.• RAM a trickster's confederate who encourages the public to lose their money in a con-game ...1940s Aust. sl.• RANK NEEDLE a confidence trickster ...L18 sl.• RETRIEVER the member of a confidence trickster team (practising the "Barnard's Law) who actually plays the game of chance through which a victim is defrauded and who would often claim to be a friend of one of the victim's friends ...M16 UK criminals' sl.• SALESMAN a confidence trickster ...1920s US criminals' sl.• SAMFIE a confidence trickster ...20C W. Indies sl.• SAMFIE MAN a confidence trickster ...20C W. Indies sl.• SAWDUST MAN a confidence trickster who passes bad banknotes ...L19 US sl.• SAWDUST SWINDLER a confidence trickster who passes bad banknotes ...L19 US sl.• SCAMMER a confidence trickster; a swindler ...1970s sl.• SCAMSTER a confidence trickster ...1970s sl.• SHILL someone posing as an enthusiastic or successful customer to encourage other buyers, gamblers, etc.; a confidence trickster ...1916 sl.• SHILLABER someone posing as an enthusiastic or successful customer to encourage other buyers, gamblers, etc.; a confidence trickster ...1913 sl.• SHUFFLER a grifter; a con artist; someone who swindles people out of money through fraud ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.• SPOOFER a confidence trickster ...L19 sl.• STICK someone posing as an enthusiastic or successful customer to encourage others buyers, gamblers, etc.; a confidence trickster ...1926 US sl.• TAKE a swindler or confidence trickster ...1945 Aust. & NZ sl.• T.B. a confidence trickster ...1930 US sl.• TOUT in a confidence swindle or sales scheme: an agent who, for a commission, locates potential victims ...1988 US sl.• TUG a confidence trickster ...L19 Aust. sl.• TWEEDLER a swindler or confidence trickster ...1925 sl.• VERSER the member of a confidence trickster team (practising the "Barnard's Law) who actually plays the game of chance through which a victim is defrauded and who would often claim to be a friend of one of the victim's friends ...M16 UK criminals' sl.

CONFIDENCE TRICKSTER, VICTIM - nouns, person• ACTION the potential client for a prostitute; a victim of a confidence trick, etc. ...1950s sl.• CHICKEN a victim of a robbery, kidnapping, confidence game, etc. ...20C Amer. sl.• CHIEF a potential victim of a confidence trickster; a credulous person; it is common term of address, used ironically by the con-man when he approaches the victim ...1940s W. Indies sl.• FLY-FLAT someone taken in by confidence tricksters ...1864 Brit. sl.• GAY the dupe of a prostitute or of a con man ...19C sl.• MARK the intended victim of confidence tricksters ...1883 sl., orig. US• RABBIT SUCKER a rich young man who is gulled into running up large bills by confidence tricksters who later dun him for their debts ...L16 UK criminals' sl.• SIMPLER the dupe or victim of a confidence trickster or a prostitute ...L16 UK criminals' sl.

CONFINE - verbs• BAIL* to confine ...c1600• BESHUT† to shut in, to enclose, to surround; to shut up, to confine, to imprison ...a1300• CARCERATE to imprison, to incarcerate, to confine ...1839• HAIN†* to shut up, to confine, to restrain ...1636• HAMPHIS † to surround; to hem in, to confine ...1768 Sc.• HASP† to confine or fasten in a tight place; to lock up ...1680• HIDEBIND* to make hidebound; to confine, to constrict ...M17• IMMEW† to mew or coop up; to keep in restraint or confinement ...a1600• IMMURE* 1. to enclose, to encompass, to encircle, to surround; to shut in, to confine ...15832. to shut up or enclose within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress ...1588• LAY NECK ANDHEELS† to confine or bind securely ...1643• LAY UP† to place in confinement, to imprison ...1565• MEW UP to coop up, to confine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.• PAR † to enclose, to confine; to shut up in an enclosure; to pen ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.• PARR † to enclose, to confine; to shut up in an enclosure; to pen ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.• TIE NECK ANDHEELS to confine or bind securely ...1701• THRING† to thrust or crush (into a confined space); to shut up, to confine ...c1250• TINE † to confine. to restrain to something ...c1430• UMBECAST† to enclose, to confine ...c1440

CONFINEMENT - verbs• DO A PADDY DOYLE to serve a time of confinement ...1919 Brit. services' sl.• KENNEL to put in a place of retreat or confinement ...1582

CONFIRM - verbs• AFFEER to settle, to confirm ...c1440• APPLY THE ACID to confirm ...1910s sl.• FASTEN† to make sure, to confirm, to ratify an agreement ...a900• PLY THE ACID to confirm ...1910s sl.• PUT THE ACID ON to confirm ...1910s sl.• RATIFY † to declare or confirm the truth or correctness of a statement, etc. ...c1400 rare or obs.• ROBORATE† to confirm, to ratify, to corroborate (a charter, league, etc.) ...1432-50 obs. exc. Sc.• SICKER† to confirm by pledge or surety ...1338 now rare or obs.• TRY THE ACID to confirm ...1910s sl.

CONFISCATE - verbs• ACHEAT† to escheat, to confiscate; to do one out of ...c1430• ACHETE † to escheat, to confiscate; to do one out of ...c1430• CONFISTICATE to confiscate ...US Civil War usage• SNATCH BALD-HEADED to confiscate; to steal with strategy rather than on impulse ...US Civil War usage

CONFLICT - adjectives• BATTLEFUL†* full of strife or conflict; contentious ...c1449• AT LOGGERHEADS in strong disagreement or conflict, at odds, engaged in bickerings or disputes ...1775 Amer. dial.

CONFLICT - verbs• FALL TO LOGGERHEADS to come into conflict, to argue, to come to blows, to fight ...1828 Amer. dial.• GO TO LOGGERHEADS to come into conflict, to argue, to come to blows, to fight ...1755 Amer. dial.• JAR to come into conflict, to clash ...1621• LOCK HORNS to come into conflict, to disagree, to fight; to engage in an argument or quarrel with another ...1836 Amer. dial.

CONFORM - nouns• AWKWARD SQUAD collectively, people who do not, or will not, conform; a notional grouping of people who are 'difficult'; a set of people who tend to behave in an obstructive way or who express opposition or dissent ...1796 Brit.• CLOBBERING MACHINE pressure to conform with accepted standards ...NZ colloq.

CONFORM - nouns, person• OMNIFORMIST† one who assumes all forms or fashions; one who conforms to all ...1683

CONFORM - verbs• HEW to conform to ...L19 N. Amer.• QUADRATE to agree, correspond, or conform with ...1610• SUE† to conform to, to comply with the conditions of ...a1300• WALK THE CHALK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1845 Amer. dial.• WALK THE CHALK LINE to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1851 Amer. dial.• WALK THE CHALK MARK vb. to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1905 Amer. dial.

CONFORMABLE, CONFORMING - adjectives• FASHIONABLE† conformable to ...1657• ORDERLY † conformable to established order or rule; regular ...1581• ORDINAL† conformable to order, rule, or custom; regular, ordinary, orderly ...c1380• ORDINARY † conformable to order or rule; regular; orderly, methodical ...1529• QUADRANT† agreeing, consonant, or conforming to or with ...1536• QUADRATE† conformable, corresponding to or with ...a1657